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Mt. Makiling's Balicassiaos and Cuckoo-Shrikes

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I finally got better photos of the tough-to-expose Balicassiao, and the hard-to-get canopy-dweller
Bar-bellied Cuckoo-Shrike in this November 24 sortie to my favorite mountain.
Balicassiao (a Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Dicrurus balicassius Habitat - Forest and forest edge usually below 1200 m. [20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, on tripod]
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Balicassiao
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Dicrurus balicassius

Habitat - Forest and forest edge usually below 1200 m.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, on tripod]

Balicassiao (a Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Dicrurus balicassius Habitat - Forest and forest edge usually below 1200 m. [20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, on tripod]
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Balicassiao
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Dicrurus balicassius

Habitat - Forest and forest edge usually below 1200 m.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, on tripod]

Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (Female) Scientific name - Coracina striata striata Habitat - Forest and forest edge. [20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, on tripod]
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Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (Female)

Scientific name - Coracina striata striata

Habitat - Forest and forest edge.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, on tripod]

Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (Female) Scientific name - Coracina striata striata Habitat - Forest and forest edge. [20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, on tripod]
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Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (Female)

Scientific name - Coracina striata striata

Habitat - Forest and forest edge.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, on tripod]

Brown Shrike Scientific name - Lanius cristatus Habitat - Common in all habitats at all elevations. [20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, on tripod]
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Brown Shrike

Scientific name - Lanius cristatus

Habitat - Common in all habitats at all elevations.

[20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, on tripod]

Long-tailed Shrike Scientific name - Lanius schach Habitat - Open country and scrub. [20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x, hand held]
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Long-tailed Shrike

Scientific name - Lanius schach

Habitat - Open country and scrub.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x, hand held]

Long-tailed Shrike Scientific name - Lanius schach Habitat - Open country and scrub. [20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x, hand held]
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Long-tailed Shrike

Scientific name - Lanius schach

Habitat - Open country and scrub.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x, hand held]

Philippine Falconet (a Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Microhierax erythrogenys erythrogenys Habitat - Open forest and edge. [20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, on tripod]
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Philippine Falconet
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Microhierax erythrogenys erythrogenys

Habitat - Open forest and edge.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, on tripod]

Monitor Lizard suns itself atop a dead tree branch. [350D + Sigmonster + Canon 2x TC, MLU, MF]
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Monitor Lizard suns itself atop a dead tree branch.

[350D + Sigmonster + Canon 2x TC, MLU, MF]

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